Hi;
After all the suggestions and 3 days of work my wife and I got the sea hood off. I believe was bonded with 3M 5200 as had to fight and chisel all the way, inch by inch. In some places it actually pulled outer layer of FG off the deck. Is now repaired and looks like new. There is no way I will re-bond it as I intend to pull it off every few years to clean etc.
All 60 screw holes have been filled in as many of them had been leaking and there is no way I will put them back in. Sea hood has been refinished and a thing of beauty.
How do I reattach this? Thru-bolting to the cabin roof will eventually leak into the cabin. Someone once mentioned four bolts, but can't find further reference. Thinking of bonding metal plates to outer cabin roof and then drilling and tapping into these to bolt it down.
Why couldn't they have just designed a smooth cabin roof without hood?
Thanks. Ilan
After all the suggestions and 3 days of work my wife and I got the sea hood off. I believe was bonded with 3M 5200 as had to fight and chisel all the way, inch by inch. In some places it actually pulled outer layer of FG off the deck. Is now repaired and looks like new. There is no way I will re-bond it as I intend to pull it off every few years to clean etc.
All 60 screw holes have been filled in as many of them had been leaking and there is no way I will put them back in. Sea hood has been refinished and a thing of beauty.
How do I reattach this? Thru-bolting to the cabin roof will eventually leak into the cabin. Someone once mentioned four bolts, but can't find further reference. Thinking of bonding metal plates to outer cabin roof and then drilling and tapping into these to bolt it down.
Why couldn't they have just designed a smooth cabin roof without hood?
Thanks. Ilan